Lady&#39;s garment



W. TARBELL LADYS GARMENT Dec. 30, 1947.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 22, 1945 INVENTOR Mean 4R0 7445511 Dec. 30, 1947. w. TARBELL LADYS GARMENT Filed Dec. 22, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 30, 1947 LADYS GARMENT Woodward Tarbell, New York, N. Y., assignor to Robert C. Travers, Worcester, Mass.

Application December 22, 1945, Serial No. 636,859

1 Claim.

This invention relates to' ladies garments and relates more particularly to an improved ladys undergarment or slip having novel features of construction resulting in improved fitting qualities and a high order of comfort for the wearer.

An important object of the present invention is the provision of a novel undergarment or slip having attached waist and skirt portions, the garment being of the wrap-around type which embodies form fitting qualities not possible, with slips of the usual type which must pass over the shoulder of the wearer.

The primary reason for the poor-fitting qualities of slips of the common type resides in the fact that the garment must be of suflicient circumferential proportions as to pass over the shoulders of the wearer which latter are, in a wellproportioned figure, of greater dimensions than the waist portion and particularly that portion thereof just below the bust enclosing portions. As a result, the garment is baggy in such areas and fails to hug the figure unless it is pulled inwardly by the outer garment which is usually provided with front, side or rear vertical openings.

Wrap-around undergarments have in the past not proven too satisfactory for a number of reasons, chiefly on account of the fact that the several portions of the blanks which were joined together to form the slip were not sufficiently integrated into the garment as a whole to cause the overlap to merge into' a symmetrical garment when in place on the body of the wearer. Moreover, the edges which were joined together as by buttons, hooks or some multiple fastener element,

tended to shift during normal wear, producing bulging and consequent discomfort and an unsightly appearance.

The garment of the present invention has superior, smooth-fitting qualities, tends to hug'the figure and does not shift or otherwise become displaced during normal activity of the wearer. Moreover, if the garment slightly separates at its lower end when the wearer sits down, it readily falls back into place when she stands again. This slight tendency to separate at the lower end greatly enhances the comfort of the wearer without it being obvious to another person. Another important characteristic of the garment of the present invention is that neither the front nor the rear of the garment tends to ride upwardly when the wearer sits down. Many garments have been designed which ride up in front only slightly when the wearer sits down, but practically 2 every garment of this type rides upwardly in the rear.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a partial front and side view of a ladys garment of the present invention shown on the wearer.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the garment, a portion of the outer front panel being raised to show details of the inner front panel.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the garment in place on the wearer.

' Fig. 5 is an enlarged broken rear elevation of the garment.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the garment spread flat, the view showing the relation of the parts before the front and rear panels are stitched together to form a side seam.

Referring .now more particularly to Fig. 6, it will be noted that the garment comprises an outer front panel 10, a rear panel I I, and an inner front panel l2. The outer front panel In is preferably made from a single blank of material and panels I l and I2 may be made from a single blank of material, or they may be made from a plurality of blanks suitably joined together.

The front median line l3 of the garment may be on the bias of the material, as indicated at l9, which assures a desired measure of comfort without causing the garment to ride up over the knees of the wearer when she sits down. 1

The blank which is used to form, the front panel I0 is shown in Fig. 6, the upper edge preferably having a substantially V-shaped cut-out portion l4 and downwardly inclined edges H) on opposite sides thereof. Each upper side edge I6 is inclined inwardly to a point adjacent the waist portion of the wearer and the lower side edges I! are then inclined outwardly to the lower edge l8 of the blank. This lower edge may, if desired, be slightly curved.

For the purpose of shaping the bust enclosing portions, the blank may have short darts 2| extending downwardly from points 22 forming the intersection between edges I4 and I5. Also short darts 23 may be provided just below the bust enclosing portions, such darts being generally aligned with darts 2|. Around the edges of the blank there may be formed the usual hem 24.

The blank which is used to form the outer rear panel II and inner front panel I2 is also shown in Fig. 6. The left hand edge of the blank when viewed as in Fig. 6 is downwardly and inwardly inclined as shown at 2! and thence is outwardly inclined as shown at 28. In other words, this vertical edge is similar in contour to the adjacent edge formed by portions I6 and ll of the front blank. These two edges are joined together to form a single vertical side seam 2 9. For convenience in illustration in Fig. 6, the two edges are not joined together for the reason that if they were so joined they would appear straight while lyingflat.

On the opposite side of portion 1! of the -second blank there is formed a downwardly andinwaidly inclined substantially straight edge 3f which, at its upper end, intersects upper edge '32 which forms the rear upper edge of the garment.

Continuing from the lower terminal fedge 31, the blank extends outwardlyalong edge '33 and thence downwardly along a substantially straight edge 34 to the lower edge a textending across portions I l and l2. 7

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the rear panel H is of substantially the same shape :as outer front panel 10. I If the front .panel 1 6 is formed on the bias of the material as shownin Fig. 6, the rear panel I l is preferablyformed with the grain line 30 substantially parallel ;with" the upper edge'32. In the middle of upper :edge"3-2 of rear panel I I, there may be formed a substantially triangular cutout-33 towthe edges of which are stitched an elastic panel 39, to give the rear of the garment an approved measure of elasticity. If, 'on the other hand, the arrangement of the grain line is :reversed by placing the front panel In on the straight as shown at 21 in --Fig. 1, and the rear panel on the bias, this elastic insertmay be omitted, or it may be omitted in either event. Also, for the purpose of shaping the rear panel, there maybe provided a short, generally triangular, dart 46 extending downwardly from the intersection of the edges formed by cut-outfit, On opposite sides of dart 49 there maybe formed somewhat longer darts 41 which are substantially parallel with each other and which are spaced from the rear median line of the garment.

For the purpose of shaping the inner front panel which forms a shadow panel, there may be formed a plurality of short darts 43, '44 and45. A plurality of fastening elements flil;are secured in spaced relation along the edge 31 of-rear panel H, such fastening elements desirably extending below edge 33. Cooperating iastening elernents 65 also extend along the left hand edge It of panel ill when viewed as inFig. 6. At the intersection of edges 33 and 34 of innerpanel iZHthere is desirably provided a fastening element 50 which cooperates with a fastening elemental located along right-hand edge I! -of the front panel. These fastening elements hold the inner front panel at a suitable .elevationl Shoulderstraps 54 extend from points 422 at-the front .of the garment to points 55 along theupper edge 32 of the rear of the garment. The-location tion has ,been shown :and' described herein for illustrative purposes, and the construction and arrangement incidental to a specific application thereof has been disclosed and discussed in detail,

:it -is' to-be understood that the invention is lim itedneither to the more details or relative ar- =rangement of parts, nor to its specific embodimen-t shown herein, but that extensive deviations from the-illustrated form or embodiment of the invention may be made without departing from the-principles thereof.

What I claim is:

A ladys wrap-around garment provided with attached waist and skirt portions and formed froma plurality :of blanks of material including a blank-forming-the front waist and skirt portions, such blank being of generally rectangular shape, and formed with opposed vertical edges which are downwardly and inwardly inclined to the waistline and are outwardly inclined f-romthe waistline to the lower edge of the garment, the grain line 'of the material in such blank being on a bias relative :to the frontmedian line of the garment, a second blank forming the rear waist and skirt portions and being of the same general contour and shape as the front blank, and being joined along one vertical edge to the adjacent vertical edge of such front blank to form a single side seam, the grain line of the-material being substantially on the straight relative to the .rear median line of the garment, a shadow panel being integrally carried along the opopsite edge of the rear ski-rt portion and corresponding in contour and shape tothe front skirt portion below the waistline of the garment, cooperating fastening means extending alongthe free vertical edges of the front and rear waist portions and means for securing-the free upper corner of the shadow panel "tothe adjacent front waist portion of the garment.

, WOODWARD TARBELL.

REFERENGES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,981,760 Sussberg Nov. 20, 1934 2,143,718 Schrank Jan. 10,1939 1,848,040 Ash Mar. 1,1932 2,051,444 Haister Aug. 18,4936 

